played today by BBC Welsh Orchestra
(Leader, Philip Whiteway )
Conducted by Arwel Hughes Southern Serenade Orchestra
Directed by Lou Whiteson
Sidney Davey and his Players
News Summary at 7.30 and 8.30

Lionel Gamlin
Introduces your request records
News Summary at 9.30

A story, a hymn, and a prayer

Conductor, Stanley H. Boddington

Ralph Elman and his Bohemian Players

From the West of England
' Old Will' by Peggy Wyper
Read by Constance Chapman

at the BBC theatre organ

on gramophone records

WORKERS' PLAYTIME from a factory canteen in Shaw, Lancashire with Bill Waddington
Sheila Buxton
Monkhouse and Goodwin Accompanied by The Harry Hayward Trio
Introduced by Randal Herley
Produced by Eric Miller

at the piano

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Sylvia Cecil (soprano)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Producer. Eric Arden
News Summary at 1.30
Shipping Forecast at 1.40 on 1,500 m. only

Today's story: ' Christmas Shopping ' by Joyce Miles , fold by Dorothy Smith.

From the Forest of Dean
A picture of life and tradition in one of the oldest of the Royal Forests
A Livelihood from the Trees: how the woodlands are managed and how the foresters are trained
The Forest Communities: social and family life in an area where the villages and towns follow an unusual pattern
Wild-life and Scenery: from the Severn to the Wye
Verderers and Free Miners: their traditional customs and privileges
From Pin-Making to Fruit Juices: old and new industries in the Forest
Introduced by Daphne Hubbard
Broadcast from the Verderers' Court Room at the Speech House in the Centre of the Forest
(Continued in next column)
Serial: Beyond the Gates ' by Dorothy Evelyn Smith
Read by Jane Fergus
The sixth of ten instalments
News Summary at 2.30

Bill Savill and his Orchestra
News Summary at 3.30

Reginald Leopold and the Palm Court Orchestra
Visiting artist: Doris Gambell

Music from theatre and films played by the BBC West of England
Light Orchestra
Conductor, Frank Cantell

A miscellany of music from across the Atlantic featuring
Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton with Festival Jazz
Music recorded at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival
Opera at the Metropolitan
More excerpts from the recent production of ' La Boheme ' and Turntable's Guest of the Month:
Count Basie who talks about his kind of music and chooses some favourite recordings
Presented by Humphrey Burton
Shipping Forecast at 5.58 on 1,500 m.

introducing music for other families
Sid Phillips and his Band
Woolf Phillips and his Orchestra - and Rae Diamond and Ray Burns Introduced by Michael Brooke
Produced by John Kingdon
News Summary at 6.30

John Ellison and Robert MacDermot are the question-masters in this general knowledge contest between representative teams from girls' and boys' schools in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
12-Second Round
High School, Kirkcaldy (Girls) v.
The Academy, Galashiels (Boys)
Questions set by Tom Williams
Produced by Joan Clark

A choice of gramophone records for the family circle

A radio correspondence column in which listeners add their comments to the views expressed in last Friday's ' Any Questions? '
Introduced by Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

where she sings her favourite songs and talks about the world of show business
Accompanied by Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
Produced by Johnnie Stewart

A series of adventures in the life of a public relations officer in a famous London hotel
11 — ' The Love Racket'
Production by Tom Ronald

Vic Lewis and his Orchestra
Introduced by Dill Jones
Produced by Jimmy Grant

Reginald Leopold and his Players
News Summary at 11.30

followed by Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. only